#B8B698#B8B698

#B8B698 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.041 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B698
RGB	rgb(184, 182, 152)
HSL	hsl(56, 18%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 17%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 17.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -4.40, 15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 16.17, 105.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0101 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.041 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.1622, 45.9137, 36.3408)
Luminance	0.4591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B698 #989AB8

analogous

#B8A698 #B8B698 #AAB898

triadic

#B8B698 #98B8B6 #B698B8

tetradic

#B8B698 #98B8A6 #989AB8 #B898AA

square

#B8B698 #98B8A6 #989AB8 #B898AA

split-complementary

#B8B698 #98AAB8 #A698B8

monochromatic

#7E7C57 #9F9C74 #B8B698 #D1D0BC #EAE9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B8B698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#B8B698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B698

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B698	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 182, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.041 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcbb6',
    500: '#b8b698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b698;
$custom-light: #cdcbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 18.391,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7699,
    "c": 0.04126,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B698

secondary

#D1D1DB

accent

#4E9D49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B698

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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